Ich ließ mir sagen und mir ward erzählt

Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà

Language: Italian - Venetian (dialect)

Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà,
Che Toni belo no pol magnar gnente.
L'è tanto co una tosa incapricià,
Che sète pani no ghe toca un dente.
E dopo cena l'à magnà un salà,
Con altri venticinque pani arente.
E se Tonina bela no ghe cría,
Vegniva l'ano de la carestia.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848

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(Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian - Venetian (dialect)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Ich ließ mir sagen und mir ward erzählt,
Der schöne Toni hungre sich zu Tode;
Seit ihn so überaus die Liebe quält,
Nimmt er auf einen Backzahn sieben Brode.
Nach Tisch, damit er die Verdauung stählt
Verspeis't er eine Wurst und sieben Brode,
Und lindert nicht Tonina seine Pein,
Bricht nächstens Hungersnoth und Theurung ein.

Note: Modern spelling would replace "Brode" with "Brote", etc.

Composition:

Hugo Wolf

Italienisches Liederbuch

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Venedig (Vilote), no. 44, first published 1860

Based on:

a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Me xe stà dito, e me xe stà contà", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "I inquired, and I was told", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-30
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Word count: 55